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title: github
sidebarTitle: github
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# `fastmcp.server.auth.providers.github`


GitHub OAuth provider for FastMCP.

This module provides a complete GitHub OAuth integration that's ready to use
with just a client ID and client secret. It handles all the complexity of
GitHub's OAuth flow, token validation, and user management.

Example:
    ```python
    from fastmcp import FastMCP
    from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.github import GitHubProvider

    # Simple GitHub OAuth protection
    auth = GitHubProvider(
        client_id="your-github-client-id",
        client_secret="your-github-client-secret"
    )

    mcp = FastMCP("My Protected Server", auth=auth)
    ```


## Classes

### `GitHubTokenVerifier` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/github.py#L37" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>


Token verifier for GitHub OAuth tokens.

GitHub OAuth tokens are opaque (not JWTs), so we verify them
by calling GitHub's API to check if they're valid and get user info.


**Methods:**

#### `verify_token` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/github.py#L59" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>

```python
verify_token(self, token: str) -> AccessToken | None
```

Verify GitHub OAuth token by calling GitHub API.


### `GitHubProvider` <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/github.py#L142" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>


Complete GitHub OAuth provider for FastMCP.

This provider makes it trivial to add GitHub OAuth protection to any
FastMCP server. Just provide your GitHub OAuth app credentials and
a base URL, and you're ready to go.

Features:
- Transparent OAuth proxy to GitHub
- Automatic token validation via GitHub API
- User information extraction
- Minimal configuration required